Mind on Fire Reading Group, v. 2.0:
Posted by John on November 15th, 2006 at 11:49 pm · 17 Comments
Because Elise is chomping at the bit (thanks Elise, for the impetus!), I am opening up nominations for the second Mind on Fire Reading Group. The first one was a great success. We debated Sam Harris’ The End of Faith across multiple blogs, and about ten of us met in person at an undisclosed (but delicious) location in Southern California for a face-to-face discussion (that ended peacefully, with all limbs intact).
Please submit your recommendations in the comments. Everyone (even Mind on Fire noobies) is welcome to make a submission. Here are the guidelines:
- The books should fit the general theme/purpose of the site, as stated in the “about” blurb in the upper right of this page (you may have to leave the RSS reader to view it).
Popular, thought-provoking books on doubt, religion or spirituality would fit both the theme and probably make for good discussion.
- If you can, please list the title and author of each book with a link to Amazon. If this is too technical or too much work, then just the title and author with a few words on why it would make for good discussion would be fine.
- Please submit no more than three titles per person, to keep the list manageable. I’ll accept nominations under nicknames, but please submit your valid email address in the comment (it will be kept private, though I may use it to communicate with you).
From the list of nominees, I will pick a number of the titles for the final vote. The book selection will be based on how well they fit this site’s theme, how accessible they are (e.g. in print, relatively inexpensive, and not written for an academic audience), what kind of discussion they might generate, and how timely the topic seems.
Reading Group 2.0 is now open for nominations! Have at it!
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